Chandelier apparatus.



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CHANDELIER APPARATUS.

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CHANDELIER APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-3U, 1918.v

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CHKRLES ERNEST JONES, or oHIcAGa-aLLinoIs.

CHANDEIQIER APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

i spouse's-males September 30,- 191 s. serial No. 256,221.

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Be it known that I, G'HnRLns "Earner JONES, a citizen of the United' states, and resident of Chicago, county of Gook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chandelier'A-pparatus,of which the followin'gis-a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to chandeliers, and contemplates apparatus which may be used with difierentglassware varying widely both in size and shape, and'which permits of a considerable variation both in the number and the arrangement of the lightsemployed. The invention further contemplates that several'variations maybe'made in the mannor in which the chandelier is "supported.

The object of the invention is to. provide chandelier apparatus which is substantially standard for chandeliers of a great variety of styles and sizes,

In the accompanying drawings- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing apparatus provided by the invention embodied in the construction of a chandelier comprising a single pendent support, an undrilled bowl with outtu'rned marginal flange and interior lights;

Fig. 2- is a sectional view showing the apparatus embodied in the construction of a similar chandelier comprising a centrally drilled bowl with intu'rned marginal flange, another form of support being'indicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing an arrangement which may beemployed with undrilled bowl, exterior ornament and overhanging upturned lam brackets; and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail sectional views showing further modifications, an additional modification being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The apparatus provided by the invention comprises as its principal element a central spider, represented at 10 in Figs. 1 and 2. This spider is shown in Fig. 1 as having four arms 11, 12, 13, 14:, but three or more arms may be provided, and the larger number of arms will preferably be employed when upstanding rim lamps, as 15 (Fig. 5'), or overhanging exterior lamp brackets, as 16 (Fig.

3) or :17 (Fig.3) 1 I ar used conjunction with a large glass bowl.

The-hub, as 18, of the spider 10 has a central 'threadedaperture; and when a single pendent support, the "chain indicated at- 1 9 (Fig. 1'), isused, 'a tubulanrod 20 is screwed into the hub 18 fronrabove andexclined chains, as 23 (Fig. 2), 2 1 it),

or 33 ('Fi'gfl6) are-employed, these 0 ains extend to points adjacent the margins of the bowl, and the central upright rod 20' and husk 21 may be omitted.

In event a centrally drilled bowl, as 25 (Fig. 2) isused, a vertical rod 26 is screwed into the hub 18 of the spider I0 irom'below the sameyand extends to and through the bottom of the bowl,;which is secured thereto by clamping nuts 27, 28, and intermediate washers 29, 30. As usual'the washer-29' upon the inside of the'bowlwill be 'held'from direct contact with the glass by a felt washer 3'1, and the washer- 30 upon the outside of the bowl will be of an ornamental form, while an additional ornament,as'32,'may 'be attached to the exterior'clamping nut 30. A drilled bowl, as '25, may beattached' to the spider 10 when the latter is supported through the central uprightrod20, or when the spider is supported by the inclined chains indicated by dotted lines at 23 (Fig. 2). In event the upright rod 20 is used,

the hub 18 is desirably provided with a lateral'outlet 34 for the electric conductors, as 35.

In all cases the arms, as 11, 12, 13, 14 of the spider 10 are each formed at their outer ends with an ofiset tubular head 36. The head 36 of each arm of the spider is thus constructed for adjustable connection with an extension rod 37. Each extension rod 37 slides through the bore of the head 36 of the corresponding arm of the spider, and is socured in adjusted position by a set screw 38. The head 36 of each arm of the spider 10 is preferably also threaded upon the exterior to receive a clamping nut 39, by which a lamp bracket 40 is secured in place. The lamp brackets 40"are, of course, used only for interior lights, as 41, and usually such brackets will only be applied to selected arms, as 11 and 13, of the spider.

In all of the several arrangements illustrated in the drawings, hook-shaped bracket pieces, as 42 (Figs. 1, 2 and 4), 43 (Figs: 3 and 5) or 44 (Fig. 6) are rigidly mounted upon the extension rods 37 at their outer ends. However, in event a centrally drilled bowl, as 25, is used and no inclined supporting chains, as 23, exterior lights, as 15, or exterior lamp brackets, as 16 or 17 are required, the function of the extension rods 37 is merely to steady the bowl, and for this purpose the outer ends of the rods may be directly engaged with the bowl upon the inside of the same. When the bowl, as 45 (Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 6) has anoutturned marginal flange 46, the bracket pieces 42, 43 or 44 will have hooked engagement with the said flange and thus support the bowl. With this arrangement the application of an ornament, as 49, to the outside of the bowl is readily accomplished upon the outer end of the corresponding bracket piece, as 43 (Fig. 3). If desired the ornament 49 may be secured to the bracket piece, as 43, by a screw 50.

When the flange, as 47 (Fig. 2) of the bowl is inturned the bracket pieces, as 42, may have supporting engagement with the bowl upon the inside, under the said flange, and no other support for the bowl is required. -In event the bowl. as 48 (Fig. 4) is drilled near its rim, screw-eyes, as 51, may be mounted in the bowl, and these screw-eyes will have hooked engagement with the corresponding bracket pieces, as 42.

Each ofthe bracket pieces 42 and 43 is preferably formed with a hump 52, for engagement with the end of the chain23 or 24, when inclined chains are used. If it is desired to have the inclined chains, as 33 (Fig. 6) extend to the plane of the outer edge of the bowl, bracket pieces of the form shown at 44 may be used upon the ends of the extension rods 37. As shown, the bracket piece 44 is formed with, an upstanding chain hook 54.

When the chandelier includes upstanding rim lamps, as 15, or overhanging brackets, as 16 or 17, for exterior lights, bracket pieces of the form shown at 43 (Figs. 3 and 5) are used upon the ends of the extension rods 37 The bracket pieces 43 are each provided with a threaded socket 53, into which the base of the rim lamp 15 or the inner end of the lamp bracket 16 or 17 is fitted.

While bracket pieces, as 43, of the form provided with the threaded socket 53 are shown as being used only in the several ar-' rangements illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, it will be understood that this form of bracket piece may be usedin place of the bracket piece 42 in each of the arrangements illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. It is therefore obvious that either rim lamps, as 15, or overhanging lamp brackets, as 16 and 17, may be provided, whether the chandelier is hung from a single central support or from inclined chains and whether the bowl is centrally drilled, drilled near its rim, or is un drilled.

I claim as my invention- 1. A chandelier comprising a spider having a plurality of equally spaced adjustably extensible radial bowl-engaging arms, an upwardly facing central socket for. detachably receiving the-lower end of a pendent hanger, a downwardly facing central socket for detachably receiving the upper end of a pendent bowl support, and an intermediate lateral outlet opening for the lighting conductors.

2. In a chandelier, in combination, a spider having a plurality of equally spaced adjustably extensible radial arms, a bowl-supporting hook rigidly mounted upon the outer end of each arm of the spider, each bowl-supporting hook being formed with a socket for receiving a lamp bracket, and

means for connecting the spider to a central pendent support.

CHARLES ERNEST JONES.

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